
ORACLE
There was this time, years ago, I was in
London and wondering whether to stay
there or come back to Glasgow.
Someone suggested I consult an oracle.
I-Ching sort of thing. (It was the
Sixties !) I thought I would give it a go.
But the only book I had to hand was a
collection of Japanese haiku - a big thick
hardback by RH Blyth, published in
Tokyo. So I decided to open the book at
random, see if it had anything to tell me.
I closed my eyes, opened the book. And
when I looked at the page, this is what I
read :
This is the bell that never rang
This is the fish that never swam
This is the tree that never grew
This is the bird that never flew
In a book of Japanese haiku. Published
in Tokyo. And the footnote just said
Jingle on Glasgow City coat of arms.
So I came back to Glasgow.

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